Rory was on a tear, seeming primed to return to the top spot in the world prior to his injury. It¡¯s hard to know exactly how the time off will affect McIlroy when he returns to action this week in Mexico, but he played through the injury in South Africa and still almost won the dang event. He can reach OWGR¡¯s top spot again with a win and a DJ finish of T-4 or worse this week. If he wins, we¡¯ll count that as an affirmative that the injury had little effect ¡ª and our rankings will respond in kind.
That there really isn’t much of correlation between playoff success and a team’s bye week. The last twelve Super Bowl winners, especially of late, have had later-than-average byes. Last year’s Seahawks won with a bye on the back stretch, but then again the Patriots won back-to-back championships following the 2004 and 2005 seasons after taking time off supremely early in the season.
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The average bye week of a Super Bowl participant is 7.04 for the last 24 teams. Four of those teams had byes in Week 4 or earlier. Even a small sample size adheres more or less to what we should expect.
Kids Daryl Smith Jersey If we actually put stock in the fact that teams that make conference championship games (i.e., win at least one game in the playoffs) tend to have later bye weeks than the teams they beat, we can still confidently say that an early bye week isn’t a death sentence. In 2008, the Baltimore Ravens made the AFC Championship Game on a Week 2 bye, because their scheduled game against the Houston Texans that week had to be pushed back due to Hurricane Katrina.
So fear not! Your team will not be getting hosed because of its bye week.
Last August, Berry signed a franchise tender and had a great season in 2016. The 28-year-old racked up 77 tackles and four interceptions, including two pick-sixes. He was also selected to his fifth career Pro Bowl.
One of Berry¡¯s pick-sixes happened in the Chiefs¡¯ victory against the Atlanta Falcons. Berry intercepted the pass at Atlanta¡¯s 40-yard line, sprinted toward the sidelines, turned up the field, and ran for the touchdown.